Joey Greco

Joel Stephen "Joey" Greco (born February 29, 1972) is an American television personality and actor, best known as the long- time host of the reality TV show Cheaters,^[1] hosting for twelve seasons.

Life

Greco was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He graduated from Evangel University, a private liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri, with a BA in psychology, and received a Master's Degree in counseling at Louisiana Tech University. He began his working career as a counselor, later becoming a fitness trainer, before switching careers yet again to become a real estate manager.^[2] Greco revealed in a 2011 interview with Decently Funny With Nuzzy and Guy, that he used to tend bar at a seafood restaurant.

As a fitness trainer, he landed a job on ESPN's hip-hop oriented fitness show, Fitness Pros.^[3] In December 2002, he replaced Tommy Habeeb as host of Cheaters after Habeeb resigned following a dispute with the production company.^{[citation needed]} At the start of Season 13, 2012-2013, Greco was replaced by Clark Gable's grandson, Clark Gable III. He has also appeared in television commercials.

In early 2003, Greco was allegedly stabbed by a cheating boyfriend when the Cheaters crew boarded the man's boat; however, on November 3, 2009, the news magazine program Inside Edition interviewed the female companion, who said it was all staged. Greco was confronted a week later by the program's investigative reporter Matt Meagher. Greco declined to answer any of Meaghers questions, stating he couldn't legally comment on the accusation. John Ellison of the Rowlett Police Department stated on the same program that "There were no arrests at all during that time period for that type of crime."^[4] In 2005, Greco, Cheaters director at the time Hunter Carson, and two security guards, were indicted for assault^[5] but acquitted^[6] in connection with the 'confrontations' on the program.

After the tenth season of the show, Greco was added to the credits as co-producer.

In 2010, Greco starred in, wrote, and produced a pseudo-reality series called Ghostbreakers. As of January 2012, there are 18 episodes listed on IMDb,^[7] but only the "Sizzle Reel" and the show's pilot can be found on YouTube^[8] On October 4, 2012, the show aired on Youtoo TV.

Greco was a guest at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 for the short film The House That Drips Blood on Alex, which also starred Tommy Wiseau.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2012, Greco acted in idents and special presentations for the UK TV channel Really, the UK broadcaster of Cheaters. Greco's image was used in a 2007 episode of The Simpsons titled "Dial "N" for Nerder". Greco was mentioned by Seth MacFarlane at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in a brief monologue for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program as "The guy who was on Cheaters, and got stabbed on camera".

Film credits

• Finding North... Party Guest 1998
• The Bottom Line.. Tony 2003
• Devon's Ghost: The Legend Of The Bloody Boy... Garry Walker 2005
• Serum... Detective Williams 2006
• Mad Bad... Loomis 2007
• The Locker.. Patrick McMahon 2009
• Nightcrawlers... Delacroix 2009
• Janky Promoters... Kevin MaLine 2009
• Black Angels......himself 2009
• The House That Drips Blood on Alex.... The Landlord 2010
• Charlie: A Toy Story..... Mr Amrak (Post-Production) 2013

Television roles

• Cheaters... Himself-Host; season 3 - season 12
• Talkshow with Spike Feresten - Joel Greco... himself November 11, 2006
• George Lopez - "George Thinks Vic's Fiancée is Lion about Being a Cheetah" himself as Joel S. Greco February 28, 2007
• Unhitched - Yorkshire terrier sucked into the internet... Joey Greco 2007
• House arrest With Andy Dick.... Joey Greco March 10, 2009
• The Jay Leno Show [series premiere]... himself September 14, 2009

References

External links

• Joey Greco at the Internet Movie Database
• Joey Greco on Myspace
• Official website
• Joey Greco on Twitter